New Portfolio: derekapa.com
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- fyoucher10
Looks lovely.
Some feedback (viewing on Chrome btw):
Functionality works great using a mouse/wacom. However, trying to navigate around using the magic trackpad is impossible. The littleist of swipes causes two or even three scrolls. I'm not sure if the same thing happens on an iPad/phone.Not crazy about how it's resizing the content "AS" you're resizing the browser window (responsive aspect), gets sloppy (you can see other areas of the site and it repositions itself all over the place). Perhaps, change the content around AFTER the view has been changed/resized.
For the section copy, it's centered horizontally on the white background. This probably looks good on an iPad/phone. However, on a desktop there's a TON of white space on both sides, too much. I'm on a 27" iMac but my browser window only is about 60% of the screen real estate. Perhaps check the device/res and then stick to having it max as far as 300 pixels or so from the left nav.
About/Contact sections, maybe spice that up just a tad bit. Maybe it's something as simple as throwing some of that green somewhere or using a lighter shade of gray for some of the text (similar to how you're doing on the portfolio copy). Right now it kinda just looks like a big block of text, no real hierarchy.
You position yourself as a "freelancer / solo-ist". That's not an issue right now and that's what you probably are. However, if you begin working with larger clients, this can become an issue (basing this on my experience). Perhaps a suggestion, simplify this down to just Derek Kapa Design as a 'business'. Get rid of any items that single you out as a solo entity, generalize it.